Download our New Dementia Overview Mobile App
One in ten people aged 65 and older in the United States has Alzheimer’s or a related dementia illness. Being a caregiver of someone with dementia can be tough. Our […]
Join us in RI for our Behavioral Health Summit 2018
Continuing Education Credits Available – See Below This unique gathering will offer providers, clinicians, and community service workers an opportunity to learn, discuss, network, and find solutions to a challenging […]
Healthcentric Advisors Receives 2018 Rising Tide Award for Patient Safety Work in Maine
Patient safety is a cornerstone of the work we do at Healthcentric Advisors. Which is why we’re honored to receive the 2018 Rising Tide Award for our patient safety work […]
Healthcentric Advisors Selected as Masshealth Technical Assistance Vendor
Woburn, MA – Healthcentric Advisors is excited to announce selection as a Technical Assistance Vendor as a part of the MassHealth Delivery System Reform Incentive Payments (DSRIP) Technical Assistance (TA) Program and the MA DSRIP TA Marketplace.
Success Story: Massachusetts Nursing Home Exceeds Fall Reduction Goal Through Quality Improvement Project
Staff from the Nursing and Recreation Departments at Apple Valley Center, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation center located in Massachusetts, were focused on improving their residents’ quality of life and […]
Safe Transitions Best Practice Measure Guides
The Safe Transitions Best Practice Measures are six sets of setting-specific standards that address known gaps in patient activation and communication and establish consistent, expectations for cross-setting care transitions. Each […]
Training medical professionals on how to best handle changing landscape in nursing homes
Local nursing homes are seeing a different kind of resident—they’re younger and often face substance use and behavioral health issues. This is why we’re collaborating with Rhode Island College and […]
Diabetes Self-Management Class Helps Hispanic Couple Discover Healthier Eating Habits
Healthy eating can be a challenge for patients who must make ends meet on a fixed monthly income. For one couple, Mr. and Mrs. D in a six-week QIN-QIO-led Diabetes Self-Management class, low income was just one of the barriers keeping them from a healthier lifestyle.
Increasing Home Health Face-to-Face Certification: Impact of a Hospital-Based Intervention
With support from our Rhode Island Healthcare Advisory Board, Healthcentric Advisors initiated collaboration between hospitals and home health agencies to improve patient transfers from the hospital to home. This collaboration […]
Maine Collaboration Focuses on Community to Effectively Reduce CDI rates
Through its work and partnerships with Maine nursing homes and hospitals, New England QIN-QIO staff recognized that in both the nursing home and hospital setting, leaders were targeting the same goal